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It looks look there is person and person-dress which looks identical to icons labeled male and female. This is even more in keeping with the naming scheme of other items like person-dolly etc etc etc.

Only someone that is carefully reading your code could possibly know the difference so this doesn't much impose upon you the developer nor the end user. You may opt to use the relevant graphics or your own as you please.

It is also somewhat a non sequitur to mention they have some legal attachment to Bentonville. A business which can hire and do business globally need not reflect local mores or attitudes because they aren't limited to the personal expressions that attracts local talent and business.



I believe the submitter was expecting their support in a culture war because of their geographic location, and is surprised that they're not.


Maybe they are smart enough not to perceive it to be a matter of major import. I don't blow my nose at the dinner table at a restaurant not because I'm on the correct side of an ideological conflict but out of simple manners.


Only because nose-blowing has not yet become an ideological conflict. It may seem unlikely, but lots of other unlikely things have become ideological lately, so it may be only a matter of time.

I appreciate that you will likely not become a dining-nose-blower. But you may yet find yourself across the table from one.




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